Patents by Inventor Paul M. Ashline

Paul M. Ashline has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combustion of Oil From a Marine Oil Spill
    Publication number: 20130263766
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for burning oil from an oil release in a body of water. A mixture of oil and water is collected from the surface of the body of water and separated into an oil-enriched portion and a water-enriched portion. The oil-enriched portion is passed to a burner where the oil-enriched portion is combusted with an oxygen-containing gas having an oxygen concentration of at least 25 volume % oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Tunc Goruney, Xianming Jimmy Li, Paul M. Ashline
  • Combustion of oil floating on water
    Patent number: 8366439
    Abstract: A method for combusting oil from an oil-containing layer floating on water as from an oil spill or well leak. In the method, an oxygen-containing gas is passed through a conduit, the oxygen-containing gas from the conduit is introduced proximate the oil-containing layer floating on water, and oil from the oil-containing layer is combusted with the oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a flame. The oxygen-containing gas is introduced with an oxygen molar flow rate sufficient to decrease the opacity of a smoke plume from the combusting oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul M. Ashline, David Hon Sing Ying, Tunc Goruney, Xianming Jimmy Li, Leighta Maureen Johnson
  • Combustion of Oil Floating on Water
    Publication number: 20120040296
    Abstract: A method for combusting oil from an oil-containing layer floating on water as from an oil spill or well leak. In the method, an oxygen-containing gas is passed through a conduit, the oxygen-containing gas from the conduit is introduced proximate the oil-containing layer floating on water, and oil from the oil-containing layer is combusted with the oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a flame. The oxygen-containing gas is introduced with an oxygen molar flow rate sufficient to decrease the opacity of a smoke plume from the combusting oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul M. Ashline, David Hon Sing Ying, Tunc Goruney, Xianming Jimmy Li, Leighta Maureen Johnson